This Article is From Jul 31, 2016

No TV, No Newspaper For Arvind Kejriwal As He Heads For Vipassana Course

No TV, No Newspaper For Arvind Kejriwal As He Heads For Vipassana Course

Arvind Kejriwal's deputy Manish Sisodia will be in-charge of the government during the period.

Dharamsala: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will attend a 10-day vipassana session at a meditation centre in Dharamkot near Dharamsala.

He will arrive at the vipassana centre in Dharamkot, upper Dharamsala, on Monday and begin the course on Tuesday.

Pawan Sharma, in-charge of the vipassana centre, said Mr Kejriwal would be briefed about his daily routines on August 1 and the course would start on August 2 morning and continue till August 11 evening.

He will not take up any official work and will not have access to newspapers, TV or any other media during the period.

His deputy Manish Sisodia will be in-charge of the government then.

The chief minister's plan to go for vipassana comes nearly one-and-a-half years after he had gone for a similar session after hectic campaign for Lok Sabha elections in May, 2014.

AAP is preparing for the Assembly election in Punjab scheduled to be held in early 2017.

 
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